The Jesus that won Paul’s Heart 2 Andrei Rublev 49AD PONTUS Acts 15:40 - 16:8 BITHYNIA Troas A I From Antioch to Troas T Phrygia A 1,500ks ASIA L Antioch A G Iconium Ephesus Lystra Derbe CILICIA • Perga Tarsus Attalia • Antioch CYPRUS SYRIA • Salamis • Paphos Damascus Caesarea A E T Jerusalem A B A Alexandria N Acts 16:11 ‘We set sail from Troas and MACEDONIA Philippi took a straight course to Neapolis Samothrace Samothrace, the following day Beroea Thessalonica to Neapolis, and from there to Troas Philippi.’ AEGEAN Assos • Mitylene • Chios Acts 17:1-9 ACHAIA Corinth Athens Ephesus Samos ‘to Thessalonica.’ Miletus • CRETE Acts 17:10 MACEDONIA Philippi ‘from Thessalonica to Beroea.’ Neapolis Beroea Thessalonica Samothrace Acts 17:15 Troas ‘from Beroea to Athens.’ AEGEAN Assos • Mitylene • Chios ACHAIA Athens: Acts 17:16-34 Corinth Athens Ephesus Samos Miletus • Acts 18:1 ‘Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.’ CRETE 50-51AD MACEDONIA Philippi Neapolis Letters to Thessalonica Beroea Thessalonica Samothrace from Corinth Troas AEGEAN Assos • Mitylene • Chios ACHAIA Corinth Athens Ephesus Samos Miletus • CRETE ‘We had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition’(1 Thessalonians 2:2). ‘By the grace of God I am what I am’(1 Corinthians 15:9). ‘I can do all things through him who strengthens me’(Philippians 4:13). ‘Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power’(Ephesians 6:10). ‘The Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it’(2 Timothy 4:17). ‘We will be with the Lord forever’(1 Thessalonians 4:17). ‘God has destined us not for wrath but to obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that we may live with him’(1 Thessalonians 5:9-10). ‘The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it’(1 Thessalonians 5:24). ‘God called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ or ‘so that you may be the glorious possession of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (2 Thessalonians 2:14). • segulla •pearl ‘May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father loving us and through grace giving us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word’(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17). ‘May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ’(2 Thessalonians 4:5). MACEDONIA Philippi Neapolis Beroea Thessalonica Samothrace Troas 53AD Letter to Corinth from Ephesus AEGEAN Assos • Mitylene • Chios ACHAIA Corinth Athens Ephesus Samos Miletus • CRETE ‘To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are made holy in Christ Jesus, called to be saints’(1 Corinthians 1:2). ‘God is faithful; by him you were called into the communion of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord’(1 Corinthians 1:9). ‘Christ sent me to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power’(1 Corinthians 1:17). ‘We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.’ (1 Corinthians 1:23-24). ‘God is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption’(1 Corinthians 1:30). ‘I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified’(1 Corinthians 2:2). ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him’ – these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit’(1 Corinthians 2:9-10). ‘We have the mind of Christ’(1 Corinthians 2:16). ‘No one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus Christ’(1 Corinthians 3:11). ‘Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries’(1 Corinthians 4:1). ‘You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God’(1 Corinthians 6:11). ‘Anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him’ (1 Corinthians 6:11). 1 Corinthians 8:6 ‘For us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.’ ‘The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a communion in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a communion in the Body of Christ?’(1 Corinthians 10:16). ‘I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was given up took a loaf of bread, and giving thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes’(1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Tintoretto 1592 1Corinthians 12:4-7 ‘There are varieties of gifts [charisma] but the same Spirit; there are varieties of ministries [diakonia] but the same Lord; there are varieties of ways of exercising power [energema] but it is the same God who activates them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for a good purpose. ‘Love never stops caring Love acts always in a kind way. Love does not act out of jealousy or envy. Love does not boast; or behave arrogantly. Love does not behave indecently or insist on its own way. Love does not give way to irritation; or brood over wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. Love has space enough to hold and to bear everything and everyone. Love believes all things, hopes all things, and endures whatever comes. Love does not come to an end’(1 Corinthians 13:4-8). ‘As all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ’(1 Corinthians 15:22). ‘The first man, Adam, became a living soul, the last Adam became a life-giving spirit’(1 Corinthians 15:45). ‘Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love’(1 Corinthians 16:13-14) I have loved you (singles).